The left scene shows Hatshepsut performing the ritual run
"Seizing the oar (JTjt Hpt)" before the
ithyphallic Amun, "Lord of Heaven". In he right hand she holds an oar with the
blade downwards, in her left she carries a strange, angled instrument which unmistakably represents the sign
(Gardiner-sign Aa5).
According to Hannig (Grosses Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch. Mainz 1995., S.
1101) the Gardiner-sign Aa5 may depict an instrument used to navigate / steering
a ship. The inscription below her outstretched hand holding the
Hpt-sign reads:
jTj Hpt which is translated by Hannig (loc.
cit.) as "taking the instrument for navigation /steering [and bring it to the
god]".
Amun welcomes the queen with the words (vertical inscription before Amun):
"Dd mdw jj.wj n=jj jj.wj n=j
[m] Htpw zAt mrjt MAat-kA-Ra wpjt njt [xt=j] = Word to say:
Welcome! Welcome! In peace my beloved daughter,
Maat-ka-Ra, who [has opened my body]."
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